Yale to Host Intercollegiate Track Classic

Anne Lovelace.

Jan 06, 2010

28th Annual Invitational

NEW
HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale track and field teams are
hosting the 28th Intercollegiate Track Classic this
coming Saturday in a traditional effort to start the spring
semester with a bang. It has been five weeks since the Bulldogs
last hosted a competition at Coxe Cage, and they are ready to
return from winter break with enthusiasm.

Like the
Lidlifter Invitational, the College Invitational will be unscored,
and no Ivy League rivals will be present. The Bulldogs will have a
chance to hone their strengths as they head into the indoor season.

In the sprints,
sophomores Alexa Monti and Marieme Mbaye performed well in the
60-meter dash at Lidlifter, and the two of them should continue to
finish well in the sprints.

At the Lidlifter
Invitational, Yale had a particularly good showing in the 4x400
meter relay. The A team, which consisted of senior captain Faith
Briggs, freshmen Alison Rue and Annalies Gamble and senior Claudia
Duncan, won the event in 3:57.05. Yale also fielded two other
4x400-meter relay teams, which testifies to the team’s depth
in that distance.

Briggs and Rue
also performed well in the 400-meter dash; all four of these women
should prove to be strong competitors in that distance this
weekend.

In longer events,
Duncan and Gamble proved that they could also compete in the
800-meter run. Duncan was All-East in the 400-meter dash last year,
and she should be someone to watch in middle distances, as should
freshman Gamble.

Junior Kate
Grace, All-American in the 800-meter, could be back to compete for
the first time this season, and could run any of a number of events
this weekend.

Distance runners
like sophomore Anne Lovelace and senior Stephanie Pearl should be
back to compete in the mile and 3k.

Last year Yale
won the distance medley relay and the 4x800 meter relay at the
College Invitational, and the Bulldogs will hope to continue
performing well in those events.

In the field
events, junior Stephanie Scaramella competed well in the shot put
and the weight throw at Lidlifter. Freshman
Jenna Poggi should post good heights in the pole vault again this
weekend.

Events will begin
at 9 a.m. with the weight throw, and continue until 5 p.m., when
the 4x400-meter relay will close out the day. A complete schedule
of events can be found here.

Fans can catch a
bus to Coxe Cage from Payne Whitney Gymnasium every 15 minutes.